Eccles’s A CHRISTMAS STORY is familiar and fun
SALT LAKE CITY — In Broadway’s continuing effort to turn all intellectual properties into family musicals, A Christmas Story, the Musical premiered in the Big Apple in 2012. The show…
Hale’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL undercut by performance schedule?
SANDY — This is the 35th year of A Christmas Carol at Hale Centre Theatre, a venerable and cherished tradition (which is not included in season tickets). It begins with…
“Follow your hunch” and see HCT’s SEUSSICAL
SANDY — I was excited about the opportunity to take my five-year-old with me to see Seussical the Musical directed by Dave Tinney at the Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy.…
THANK YOU THEOBROMINE is nothing short of chocolatey goodness
SALT LAKE CITY — A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to review Sonder (produced by Sackerson), one of the first immersive theatrical experiences in Utah. Now SONDERimmersive…
Westminster takes on living-room comedy-drama, AH, WILDERNESS!
SALT LAKE CITY — There isn’t much wilderness in Eugene O’Neill‘s 1933 comedy-drama Ah, Wilderness—until the final scene, when it serves as a lovers’ getaway. Almost the entire show takes…
ODA MIGHT will take you for a mysterious, thrilling ride
SALT LAKE CITY — The year is 1994 in a mental hospital. Patient and Doctor enter a stark holding facility, there to discuss the particulars of Patient’s incarceration. The two…
PYG’s TWO-HEADED is “brave, bold, and hardworking”
SALT LAKE CITY — PYGmalion’s production of Julie Jensen’s Two-Headed, under the direction of Fran Pruyn, lives up to its reputation. If you haven’t actually heard of Two-Headed…, well, that…
THE ODYSSEY is long and arduous at the U
SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah’s production of Homer’s The Odyssey, one of the oldest works in western literature, attempts to put a modernized spin on the dated classic.…
LIFESPAN OF A FACT is a powerful quest for truth
SALT LAKE CITY — “Sometimes we misplace knowledge in pursuit of information,” says John D’Agata in his essay, “What Happens There.” Read it; it’s superb. In D’Agata’s essay, he writes…
GIRL IN THE RED CORNER is a knockout
SALT LAKE CITY — Halo punches the at glove of her trainer, Gina, with everything she’s got. “Be nice! Be good! Don’t be so emotional!” she rages as each thud…